Gutter cleaner
OwnerWilliam R. Tapperinventor
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Abstract
A device for cleaning leaves and other debris from eave troughs and similar gutters by use of water pressure. The device comprises a carrier adapted for engagement with the forward lip of an eave trough. The carrier supports a high-pressure water nozzle which is adapted to be connected to a source of water under pressure. The carrier is propelled manually by means of an elongated handle along the length of the eave trough as the water stream flushes the debris from the trough.
Claims10
A device for cleaning leaves and other debris from eave troughs and similar gutters which comprises:
- (A) a longitudinally movable carrier adapted for engagement with the forward lip of an eave trough, said carrier including a horizontal component, a first vertical component extending downwardly from the outer edge of said horizontal component and a second vertical component extending upwardly from the horizontal component,
- (B) guide means supported by the horizontal component of the carrier adapted to engage the top surface of the trough lip,
- (C) guide means supported by the first vertical component of the carrier adapted to engage the outer trough wall adjacent to the lip,
- (D) an elongated handle connected at its top end to said carrier and extending vertically downward therefrom,
- (E) hose clamping means supported from the inside surface of said second vertical component, and
- (F) a high pressure water nozzle adapted to be connected to the end of a hose held by said clamping means to extend longitudinally and downwardly relative to said carrier and positioned to overlie the trough.
A device for cleaning leaves and other debris from eave troughs and similar gutters which comprises:
- (A) a longitudinally movable carrier adapted for engagement with the forward lip of an eave trough, said carrier including:
- (1) a horizontal component,
- (2) a first vertical component extending downwardly from the outer edge of said horizontal component, said horizontal and first vertical carrier components being rigid plates joined along a common longitudinal edge, and
- (3) a second rigid vertical component extending upwardly from the horizontal component,
- (B) at least a pair of skid or runner guide means formed as indentations in the horizontal component of the carrier and adapted to engage the top surface of the trough lip,
- (C) at least a pair of skid or runner guide means formed as indentations in the first vertical component of the carrier and adapted to engage the outer trough wall adjacent to the lip,
- (D) an elongated handle connected at its top end to said carrier and extending vertically downward therefrom,
- (E) hose clamping means supported from the inside surface of said second vertical carrier component and comprising:
- (1) afirst arm pivotally secured to said second vertical component for rotation about a transverse horizontal axis,
- (2) a second longitudinally extending arm connected to and laterally off-set from said first arm, and
- (3) a clamp for securing a hose to said second arm, and
- (F) a high pressure water nozzle adapted to be connected to the end of the hose held by said clamping means to extend longitudinally relative to said carrier and positioned to overlie the trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.